I am reading the book called If I should die before I wake. It is about a girl named Hilary who is in a Hitler supporter group. She has a boyfriend named Brad and she goes for a ride on his motorcycle one rainy night. The next things she knows she is in a hospital bed in god knows where and being tended to by a Jewish nurse who she despises. Yet she finds that she cannot move and that she cannot even talk and she does not know why. She is very angry and confused when all of a sudden; she starts to spin away into unconsciousness. She becomes a Jewish girl named Chana living in a small community and witnesses firsthand the horrible things that the Jews went through during the Holocaust. She is confused and does not know where to turn. At one moment she is talking to a Jewish nurse who she hates, and then she is a Jewish girl experiencing their hardships, and then straight back to having to hate the Jews. She does not know what is happening and what to do.
There are many characters in the story so far. There is of course Hilary/Chana. Then there is Hilary's mother and Chana's mother and briefly her father. There is the Jewish nurse and some German soldiers. Hilary's story mainly takes place in a hospital bed but Chana lives out her life as a Jew in a small community. I have not read much of the book yet but I can tell that it will be good and the Hilary will discover the evils of the Holocaust by the end of it.
Good response. The book seems interesting, not many books take on the perspective of a Nazi supporter. I do wish that you expanded more on the characters. What are their traits? Hilary seems really interesting, is she not? Also, some really big mechanical errors. First off, capitalize and underline the title. (Melissa will kill you!) Also, capitalize "God." Good job Woo! Fix those and this blog will be fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThis is a good start. You've summarized the beginning and offered ideas about the setting and problem.
ReplyDelete4/5 points. Grammar and mechanical errors.